Belt-cleaner



" (No ModeL) LBYQ Patented May 2711884.

. WITNESSES 2% NITED TATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT 'KINGSLEY, OF SACOARAPPA, MAINE.

BELT-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N10. 299,503, dated May 27, 1884-.

Application filed April 7, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, ALBERT E. VKINGSLEY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Saccarappa,in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Cleaners and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention is an. improvement in beltclcaners, the object of the same being to remove from the belt dust, lint, and other materials which would decrease the traction upon the pulleys, the same being intended to be employed in cotton-mills, on spinning, weaving, or carding machines, andupon thrashingmachines, &c.

In the accompanying drawings,for1ning part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective .view illustrating my invention applied to a belt, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view illus trating a modification in which the supporting means for the belt-"cleaner is adjustable.

A represents cleaners, which are preferably made ofsole-leather, brushes, or other equivalent material, which are attached by any suitable means to a bar, B, which bar is secured to suitable stationary portions of machinery, so as to hold the cleaners A against the beltin such a position that they will be inclined across the face of the same. The supports or bars B are bent in any suitable configuration, so that they will hold the cleaners in the desired position.

In cotton-mills and similar places when the machinery is in operation the atmosphere is filled with lint, which adheres to the belts of the machinery andoccasions a great loss of power. My invention is designed to obviate this loss of power by removing the particles of lint-from the belt, and the cleaners hereinbefore described are held so as to be in contact with the surfaces of the same, and being at an angle with said belts will remove the lint, causing the same to fall to one side of the belts.

I do not limit myself to the construction shown, as it is evident that my invention can be applied to many different places, and will require a different form of support for almost every class of machinery.

I claim 1. An improved belt-cleaning device sup- A. E. KINGSLEY.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. \VEBB, W. W. WEBB. 

